King of Chinatown
Cast & Crew
Nick Grinde
Anna May Wong
Akim Tamiroff
J. Carrol Naish
Sidney Toler
Philip Ahn
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Synopsis
Frank Baturin, called "The King of Chinatown," has all the rackets in the palm of his hand. After Baturin loses $20,000 in a benefit boxing match, he hires hit man Rep Harrigan to kill his rival, Mike Gordon. Gordon has won the loyalties of Baturin's lieutenant, an ex-convict called "The Professor," however, who orders Rep to warn Gordon instead of killing him. As a result, Baturin is shot by Gordon in front of a pharmacy owned by Dr. Chang Ling, who refuses to join the Merchant's Protection Association, which has been extorting money from the local merchants. Baturin is found by Ling's daughter, Dr. Mary Ann Ling, who, believing that her father shot the racketeer to stop his threats against the Chinese merchants, comes to the aid of the wounded man. Because of Baturin's extended convalescence, Mary is forced to relinquish her fundraising activities to establish a Red Cross nursing unit in war-torn China. During his weeks of recovery, Baturin falls in love with Mary, despite her involvement with lawyer Bob Li, and is determined to reform. Although the Professor had hoped to succeed Baturin in running the mob, Gordon takes over, and a reign of terror follows in Chinatown. The Professor visits Mary to try to intimidate her into allowing Baturin to die or else her father will be killed. Learning of the Professor's threats to Mary, Ling hires an attorney to frame the Professor. Rep then tells Mary that Gordon was Baturin's would-be assassin. When District Attorney Phillips confronts the Professor, he names Gordon as Baturin's attacker, and Gordon confesses. Meanwhile, Ling visits Baturin's to take Mary home, and she hopes to convince Ling that Baturin is a reformed man. Rep then calls Baturin to warn him that the Professor is en route to his home to kill him and Ling. Baturin successfully disarms the Professor, but is mortally wounded. The police then arrest the Professor. Before dying, Baturin bequeaths Mary a healthy endowment for her nursing unit. She marries Bob and leaves for China, secure in the knowledge that her father had no hand in the violence.
Director
Nick Grinde
Cast
Anna May Wong
Akim Tamiroff
J. Carrol Naish
Sidney Toler
Philip Ahn
Anthony Quinn
Bernadene Hayes
Roscoe Karns
Ray Mayer
Richard Denning
Archie Twitchell
Edward Marr
George Anderson
Charles B. Wood
George Magrill
Charles Trowbridge
Lily King
Wong Chung
Chester Gan
Pat West
Guy Usher
Alex Pollard
Sam Ash
Pierre Watkin
Larry Mcgrath
Jimmy Vaughn
Charles Lee
Ivan Miller
Ben Taggart
Grace Lem
David Dong
Robert Homans
Gloria Williams
Marie Burton
Sheila Darcy
Judith King
Dolores Casey
Luana Walters
Dorothy Dayton
Paula De Cardo
Harriette Haddon
Helaine Moler
Norah Gale
Gwen Kenyon
Joyce Mathews
Dorothy White
Ethel Clayton
Florence Wix
Crew
Stuart Anthony
Hans Dreier
A. E. Freudeman
Alvin Ganzer
Lillie Hayward
Edith Head
Charles Hisserich
William Le Baron
Boris Morros
Robert Odell
Richard Olson
Irving Reis
Glenn Rominger
George Templeton
Leo Tover
Gladys Unger
Stuart Walker
Eda Warren
Film Details
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Notes
The cast credits on the viewed print were cut off after Edward Merr, and it is possible that several additional names followed.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1939
Released in United States 1939
